Historia Anglo-Scotica: : or an impartial history of all that happen'd between the Kings and Kingdoms of England and Scotland, from the beginning of the Reign of William the Conqueror, to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Comprehending Their several Homages, Incursions, Devastations, Depredations, Battles, Sieges Leagues, Truces, Breaches, Intermarriages, and divers other Matters worth Knowing. Faithfully extracted from the best historians of both nations. With a prefatory dedication. / By James Drake, M. D.
Dr James Drake (1667-1707)
Category
Books
Date
1703
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3179050
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 423 [i.e. 455], [1] p. ; 8vo. Provenance: MS. on flyleaf: Jeff: Gilbert: 1710: [i.e. Sir Geoffrey Gilbert (1674-1726), Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, whose library was sold at auction in Gray's Inn in 1728]. MS. inscription on titlepage: Jeff: Gilbert. Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754]. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled, panelled, calf over boards; single gilt fillet on spine; red-brown spine label; blind double fillet and rectangular compartment design with tulip cornerpieces on covers; gilt roll on board edges; red and blue sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Dr James Drake (1667-1707), author